PeopleSoft Meta Tables

Application Engine Meta Data

PSAEAPPLDEFN

AE header record; 1 row per app engine

PSAEAPPLSTATE

AE state records (shows which one is the default)

PSAEAPPLTEMPTBL

AE temp tables assigned

PSAESECTDEFN

AE sections: public or private

PSAESECTDTLDEFN

AE section: descriptions, market, DB Type, EFFDT, EFF_STATUS, and auto commit

PSAESTEPDEFN

AE steps within section: description, market, DB Type, EFFDT, EFF_STATUS

PSAESTMTDEFN

AE actions within AE step: Step type (SQL, Do Select, etc.) with SQLID. 

PSAESTEPMSGDEFN

AE message (parameters in each step)

AEREQUESTPARM

AE request parameters table behind the AE run control page.

Find All Records Referenced in App Engine

1. Find the Temp Records (TAO) that are used:

SELECT RECNAME FROM PSAEAPPLTEMPTBL WHERE AE_APPLID = 'MY_APP_PROGRAM_NAME'

2. If there are records, find the number of instances:

SELECT TEMPTBLINSTANCES FROM PSAEAPPLDEFN WHERE AE_APPLID = 'MY_APP_PROGRAM_NAME'

3. For each table found in step 1, create as many instances as step 2 indicates.
For example, step 1 returns record MY_AE_TEMP_TAO. The SQL executed below gives me a count of 4.
Therefore, I have 5 tables that could be used in my Application Engine: PS_MY_AE_TEMP_TAO, PS_MY_AE_TEMP_TAO1, PS_MY_AE_TEMP_TAO2, PS_MY_AE_TEMP_TAO3, PS_MY_AE_TEMP_TAO4
4. Retrieve all the App Engine SQL:

SELECT SQLTEXT FROM PSAESTMTDEFN AE, PSSQLTEXTDEFN S WHERE AE.AE_APPLID = 'MY_APP_PROGRAM_NAME' AND S.SQLID = AE.SQLID

ORDER BY AE.SQLID, S.SEQNUM

5. Visually break apart all the SQL statements to list the tables referenced in the App Engine.
6. Review all App Engine PeopleCode to see if any references to outside tables.

Change Control

PSCHGCTLHIST

History of PeopleTools objects locked with OPRID, project name, incident, and description

PSCHGCTLLOCK

Current PeopleTools objects locked with OPRID, project name, incident, and description

Component Interface Meta Data

PSBCDEFN

Component Interface header record; one row for each component interface

PSBCITEM

One row for each property on the component interface

Component Meta Data

PSPNLGRPDEFN

Component header flags, description, and component search records.

PSPNLGROUP

All pages in a component

Field Meta Data

PSDBFIELD
Lists PeopleSoft fields and the field characteristics

FIELDTYPE Definitions

0 = Character

1 = Long Character

2 = Number

3 = Signed Number

4 = Date

5 = Time

6 = Date Time

8 = Image

9 = Image Reference

PSDBFLDLABL

Lists the field labels with DEFAULT_LABEL = 1 being the default label

PSXLATITEM

Lists Translate Values

PSFMTITEM

Lists field formats

Field Values for Tools Tables

PSPROJECTITEM

PSPROJECTITEM.OBJECTTYPE

0 = Record

1 = Index

2 = Field

3 = Field Format

4 = Translate Value

5 = Page

6 = Menu

7 = Component

8 = Record PeopleCode

9 = Menu PeopleCode

10 = Query

11 = Tree Structure

12 = Tree

13 = Access Group

14 = Color

15 = Style

16 = Business Process Map

17 = Business Process

18 = Activity

19 = Role

20 = Process Definition

21 = Process Server Definition

22 = Process Type Definition

23 = Process Job Definition

24 = Process Recurrence Definition

25 = Message Catalog

26 = Dimension

27 = Cube Definition

28 = Cube Instance Definition

29 = Business Interlink

30 = SQL Object

           Check value of OBJECTVALUE2

           0 = SQL Object

           1 = App Engine SQL

           2 = Record View SQL

           5 = Query for DDAUDIT or SYSAUDIT

           6 = App Engine XML SQL

31 = File Layout

32 = Component Interface

33 = Application Engine Program

34 = Application Engine Section

35 = Message Node

36 = Message Channel

37 = Message

38 = Approval rule set

39 = Message PeopleCode

40 = Subscription PeopleCode

41 = N/A

42 = Component Interface PeopleCode

43 = Application Engine PeopleCode

44 = Page PeopleCode

45 = Page Field PeopleCode

46 = Component PeopleCode

47 = Component Record PeopleCode

48 = Component Record Field PeopleCode

49 = Image

50 = Style sheet

51 = HTML

52 = Not used

53 = Permission List

54 = Portal Registry Definitions

55 = Portal Registry Structure

56 = URL Definitions

57 = Application Packages

58 = Application Package PeopleCode

59 = Portal Registry User Homepage

60 = Problem Type

61 = Archive Templates

62 = XSLT

63 = Portal Registry User Favorite

64 = Mobile Page

65 = Relationships

66 = Component Interface Property PeopleCode

67 = Optimization Models

68 = File References

69 = File Type Codes

70 = Archive Object Definitions

71 = Archive Templates (Type 2)

72 = Diagnostic Plug In

73 = Analytic Model

79 = Service

80 = Service Operation

81 = Service Operation Handler

82 = Service Operation Version

83 = Service Operation Routing

84 = Info Broker Queues

85 = XLMP Template Definition

86 = XLMP Report Definition

87 = XMLP File Definition

88 = XMPL Data Source Definition

PSPROJECTITEM.UPGRADEACTION

0 = Copy

1 = Delete

2 = None

3 = CopyProp

PSPROJECTITEM.SOURCESTATUS

0 = Unknown

1 = Absent

2 = Changed

3 = Unchanged

4 = *Changed

5 = *Unchanged

6 = Same

PSRECDEFN

PSRECDEFN.RECTYPE

0 = SQL Table in DB

1 = SQL View in DB

2 = Derived/Work Record

3 = SubRecord

5 = Dynamic View

6 = Query View

7 = Temporary Table

PSDBFIELD

PSDBFIELD.FIELDTYPE

0 = Character

1 = Long Character

2 = Number

3 = Signed Number

4 = Date

5 = Time

6 = Date Time

8 = Image

9 = Image Reference

PSPNLFIELD

PSPNLFIELD.FIELDTYPE

0 = Label

1 = Frame

2 = Group Box

3 = Static Image

4 = Edit Box

5 = Drop-Down List Box

6 = Long Edit Box

7 = Check Box

8 = Radio Button

9 = Image

10 = Scroll Bar

11 = Subpage

12 = Push Button/Hyperlink - Destination: PeopleCode Command

13 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Scroll Action

14 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Toolbar Action

15 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: External Link

16 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Internal Link (Transfer)

17 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Process (AE, etc.)

18 = Secondary Page Button

19 = Grid

20 = Tree

21 = Push Button/Hyperlink - Destination: Secondary Page

22 = N/A

23 = Horizontal Rule

24 = Tab Separator (in a grid)

25 = HTML Area

26 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Prompt Action

27 = Scroll Area

30 = Chart

31 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Instant Messaging Action

32 = Analytic Grid

PSSQLDEFN

PSSQLDEFN.SQLTYPE

0 = SQL Object

1 = App Engine SQL

2 = Record View SQL

5 = Query for DDAUDIT or SYSAUDIT

6 = App Engine XML SQL

File Layout Definitions

PSFLDDEFN

Header record for File Layout

PSFLDSEGDEFN

Stores the segments for each layout

PSFLDFIELDDEFN

Stores the individual file fields for the segment

HTML & Image Meta Data

PSPNLHTMLAREA

Static HTML Areas on Pages with the HTMLValue

PSCONTDEFN

HTML & Image header record; last update time, etc.

PSCONTENT

HTML & Image storage

Menu Meta Data

PSMENUDEFN

Menu header table

PSMENUITEM

Menu Items

Message Catalog

PSMSGSETDEFN

Message Catalog header

PSMSGCATDEFN

Message Catalogs entries
Previous PeopleSoft message catalog tables:
PS_MESSAGE_SET_TBL
PS_MESSAGE_CATALOG

Page Meta Data

PSPNLDEFN

Page header table holding the field count, size, style, and description of the page

PSPNLFIELD

Lists all objects on the page

PSPNLFIELD.FIELDTYPE

0 = Label

1 = Frame

2 = Group Box

3 = Static Image

4 = Edit Box

5 = Drop-Down List Box

6 = Long Edit Box

7 = Check Box

8 = Radio Button

9 = Image

10 = Scroll Bar

11 = Subpage

12 = Push Button/Hyperlink - Destination: PeopleCode Command

13 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Scroll Action

14 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Toolbar Action

15 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: External Link

16 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Internal Link (Transfer)

17 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Process (AE, etc.)

18 = Secondary Page Button

19 = Grid

20 = Tree

21 = Push Button/Hyperlink - Destination: Secondary Page

22 = N/A

23 = Horizontal Rule

24 = Tab Separator (in a grid)

25 = HTML Area

26 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Prompt Action

27 = Scroll Area

30 = Chart

31 = Push Button/Hyperlink – Destination: Instant Messaging Action

32 = Analytic Grid

PeopleCode Meta Data

PSPCMPROG

Stores the PeopleCode, LASTUPDOPRID and LASTUPDDTTM. The PeopleCode is stored in a binary format, and cannot be read by normal SQL. 

PSPCMNAME

PeopleCode Reference table. This table lists all the PeopleSoft objects (FIELD, RECORD, SQL, etc.) that are referenced. For example, if you are about to make a change to a field, you can find everywhere in the system that it is referenced by using this table.

Portal (Structure and Content)

PSPRSMATTR

Portal Attribute Table

PSPRSMDEFN

Content References and Folders

PORTAL_PRNTOBJNAME = Parent Folder

PORTAL_OBJNAME     = Content Reference Name

PORTAL_URI_SEG1    = Component Menu

PORTAL_URI_SEG3    = Market

PORTAL_URI_SEG2    = Component

PSPRUHTABPGLT

Portal User HP Tab Pagelet

PSPRSMPERM

Shows the permission lists that are assigned to a portal registry structure (content reference). The permission list name is under field PORTAL_PERMNAME

Process Scheduler Information

Process Scheduler Setup

PS_PRCSDEFN

Process Definition header with descriptions, server options, override options, and destination options

PS_PRCSDEFNGRP

Permission Lists authorized to use this process

PS_PRCSDEFNPNL

Components from which this process can be called

PS_PRCSMUTUALEXCL

Lists processes that cannot run at the same time to prevent data corruption, deadlocks, etc.

PS_PRCSDEFNCNTDIST

List roles or users to distribute process output

PS_PRCSDEFNXFER

List page that user will be sent to following a successful process completion

PS_PRCSDEFNNOTIFY

Process completion notification via email (on Error, Warning, Success)

PS_PRCSDEFNMESSAGE

Message to be sent during notify (from Message Catalog, custom text)

PS_PRCSJOBDEFN

Job header with description and runtime characteristics (run mode, priority, etc.)

PS_PRCSJOBITEM

Processes that will run for each Job

PS_PRCSJOBPNL

Components from which this job can be called.

PS_PRCSJOBCNTDIST

Job output Distribution List via email

PS_PRCSJOBNOTIFY

Job completion notification via email (on Error, Warning, Success)

PS_PRCSJOBMESSAGE

Message to be sent during notify (from Message Catalog, custom text)

Process Scheduler Transaction Records

PSPRCSRQST

Process Request Instance detail

PSPRCSPARMS

Process request parameters

PSPRCSQUE

Process request Queue

PSPRCSRQSTTEXT

Process Request Text

PS_CDM_LIST

Content Distribution Manager List

PS_CDM_AUTH

Content Distribution Manager List – User Access (Who can view output)

Process Scheduler Timings

BAT_TIMINGS_LOG

BAT_TIMINGS_DTL

BAT_TIMINGS_FN

Project Meta Data

PSPROJECTDEFN

Project header table (Short & Long Project Description fields)

PSPROJECTITEM

Objects in the project

PSPROJECTITEM.OBJECTTYPE

0 AND RECTYPE FROM PSRECDEFN WHERE RECNAME = OBJECTVALUE1

      0 = Record

      1 = View

      2 = Work Record

      3 = Sub Record

      5 = Dynamic View

      6 = Query View

      7 = Temporary Table

1 = Index

2 = Field

3 = Field Format

4 = Translate Value

5 = Page

6 = Menu

7 = Component

8 = Record PeopleCode

9 = Menu PeopleCode

10 = Query

11 = Tree Structure

12 = Tree

13 = Access Group

14 = Color

15 = Style

16 = Business Process Map

17 = Business Process

18 = Activity

19 = Role

20 = Process Definition

21 = Process Server Definition

22 = Process Type Definition

23 = Process Job Definition

24 = Process Recurrence Definition

25 = Message Catalog

26 = Dimension

27 = Cube Definition

28 = Cube Instance Definition

29 = Business Interlink

30 AND WHEN OBJECTVALUE2 = 0 THEN SQL Object

       WHEN OBJECTVALUE2 = 1 THEN App Engine SQL

       WHEN OBJECTVALUE2 = 2 THEN Record View SQL

       WHEN OBJECTVALUE2 = 5 THEN Query for DDAUDIT or SYSAUDIT

       WHEN OBJECTVALUE2 = 6 THEN App Engine XML SQL

31 = File Layout

32 = Component Interface

33 = Application Engine Program

34 = Application Engine Section

35 = Message Node

36 = Message Channel

37 = Message

38 = Approval rule set

39 = Message PeopleCode

40 = Subscription PeopleCode

41 = N/A

42 = Component Interface PeopleCode

43 = Application Engine PeopleCode

44 = Page PeopleCode

45 = Page Field PeopleCode

46 = Component PeopleCode

47 = Component Record PeopleCode

48 = Component Record Field PeopleCode

49 = Image

50 = Style sheet

51 = HTML

52 = Not used

53 = Permission List

54 = Portal Registry Definitions

55 = Portal Registry Structure

56 = URL Definitions

57 = Application Packages

58 = Application Package PeopleCode

59 = Portal Registry User Homepage

60 = Problem Type

61 = Archive Templates

62 = XSLT

63 = Portal Registry User Favorite

64 = Mobile Page

65 = Relationships

66 = Component Interface Property PeopleCode

67 = Optimization Models

68 = File References

69 = File Type Codes

70 = Archive Object Definitions

71 = Archive Templates - Type 2

72 = Diagnostic Plug In

73 = Analytic Model

79 = Service

80 = Service Operation

81 = Service Operation Handler

82 = Service Operation Ver

83 = Service Operation Routing

84 = Info Broker Queues

85 = XLMP Template Definition

86 = XLMP Report Definition

87 = XMLP File Definition

88 = XMLP Data Source Definition

Query Tables

PSQRYDEFN

Query header information

PSQRYFIELD

Displays all fields used in the SELECT clause (COLUMNNUM = 1) and fields used in the WHERE clause (COLUMNNUM = 0)

PSQRYCRITERIA

Displays all fields used in the WHERE clause. You can get the name of the fields by joining PSQRYCRITERIA.LCRTFLDNUM to PSQRYFIELD.FLDNUM

PSQRYEXPR

Stores query expressions (PSQRYCRITERIA.R1CRTEXPNUM to PSQRYEXPR.EXPNUM or PSQRYFIELD.FLDEXPNUM to PSQRYEXPR.EXPNUM)

PSQRYBIND

Stores query bind variable definition

PSQRYRECORD

Stores all records used in all aspects of query creation (SELNUM > 1 when in a subquery)

PSQRYSELECT

Stores query and subquery relationships along with record and field counts

PSQRYEXECLOG

Query run time log table that stores (only 8.4x and higher)

PSQRYSTATS

Query run time statistics table such as count of query execution, and date time of last execution (only in 8.4x and higher).

Record Meta Data

PSRECDEFN

Record header table. Tracks number of fields and number of indexes in record along with descriptions

PSRECDEFN.RECTYPE

0 = SQL Table in DB

1 = SQL View in DB

2 = Derived/Work Record

3 = Sub Record

5 = Dynamic View

6 = Query View

7 = Temporary Table

PSRECFIELD

Fields in the record (subrecord fields are not listed) along with field order, field defaults, edit tables

PSRECFIELDALL

All fields in the record, including subrecord fields

PSINDEXDEFN

Contains 1 row per index defined for a record

PSKEYDEFN

Contains all fields that make up the index, and their position in the key structure

PSTBLSPCCAT

Lists available tablespace

PSRECTBLSPC

DB Name and tablespace allocated for a SQL record

Security Information

PSAUTHITEM

What Permission Lists have access to a page, and what are authorized actions?

SELECT CLASSID, MENUNAME, BARNAME, BARITEMNAME, PNLITEMNAME, DECODE(DISPLAYONLY, 0, 'N', 1, 'Y') AS "Display Only",

CASE AUTHORIZEDACTIONS

    WHEN 1 THEN 'Add'

    WHEN 2 THEN 'Update/Display'

    WHEN 3 THEN 'Add, Update/Display'

    WHEN 4 THEN 'Update/Display All'

    WHEN 5 THEN 'Add, Update/Display All'

    WHEN 6 THEN 'Update/Display, Update/Display All'

    WHEN 7 THEN 'Add, Update/Display, Update/Display All'

    WHEN 8 THEN 'Correction'

    WHEN 9 THEN 'Add, Correction'

    WHEN 10 THEN 'Update/Display, Correction'

    WHEN 11 THEN 'Add, Update/Display, Correction'

    WHEN 12 THEN 'Update/Display All, Correction'

    WHEN 13 THEN 'Add, Update/Display All, Correction'

    WHEN 14 THEN 'Update/Display, Update/Display All, Correction'

    WHEN 15 THEN 'Add, Update/Display, Update/Display All, Correction'

    ELSE 'SPECIAL' END AS "Authorized Actions",

AUTHORIZEDACTIONS

FROM PSAUTHITEM

PSAUTHBUSCOMP

What Permission List has access to a component interface?

SELECT CLASSID FROM PSAUTHBUSCOMP WHERE BCNAME = 'MY_COMPONENT_INTERFACE'

PSCLASSDEFN

Permission List header table

PSPRSMPERM

Portal Structure Permissions

PSROLECLASS

Permission Lists in roles

PSROLEDEFN

Role header table

SQL Definitions

PSSQLDEFN

Header record for all SQL from views and application engine

PSSQLTEXTDEFN

Stores the SQL definition

PSSQLDESCR

Stores SQL objects descriptions, market, DB Type, and EFFDT

Tree Manager

PSTREEDEFN

Tree Definition and Properties

PSTREENODE

Folders and records (nodes of the tree/tree node type)

PSTREEBRANCH

Tree Branch

PSTREELEAF

Tree Leaf

PSTREELEVEL

Tree Level

User Profile & Security

PSOPRDEFN

User ID header table: User Name, email, Primary & Row security permission lists

PS_ROLEXLATOPR

Workflow Routing Preferences; email; workflow attributes

PSUSEREMAIL

Users email

PSROLEUSER

OPRID (Roleuser) and Roles granted

PSOPRCLS

OPRID and associated Permission lists

Workflow

Meta Data

PSBUSPROCDEFN

Business Process Header

PSACTIVITYDEFN

Activity Header

PSBUSPROCITEM

Activity items in each activity

PSEVENTDEFN

Event items in each activity

PS_APPR_RULE_DETL

Approval rule definition details

PS_APPR_RULE_FIELD

Approval rule definition route control

PS_APPR_RULE_AMT

Approval rule amounts

PS_RTE_CNTL_LN

Route control profile line

PS_RTE_CNTL_RUSER

RoleUser route control profiles

PS_RTE_CNTL_TYPE

Route control type

PS_RTE_CNTL_HDR

Routing control type header

Transaction Record

PSWORKLIST

Lists worklist entries by event and OPRID

XLAT – Translate Values

PSXLATITEM

Stores field translate values (PeopleSoft version 8.4 and above)

XLATTABLE

Stores field translate values (PeopleSoft version prior to 8.4)

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